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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the
Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Pagan Notes: Challenge 52. Baby Series 2 #145. Takes
place approximately 5 hours after Not A Pacifist.
I Will Serve He placed the candles one by one in the nooks, pausing at the last. //Did you know what you would do to him? He was your friend, your lover and still you presented yourself, supposed lion turned lamb for the slaughter. I understand how he both loves and hates you.// The fresh covering of snow crunched beneath his boots as he turned away. Something told him Treize Kushrenada knew very well the pain he had forced onto the people who had genuinely loved him and been loved by him in turn. The graves were mounds beneath the snow, unmarked and unlikely to ever see headstones. One day the King would bring his sister to this resting place and no doubt she would berate him for keeping the secret. For denying the people a true burial site for the King who had set an example to the world. //My friend, your son loves you despite his words. I can see the hurt only love can bring.// ‘The needs of the one can be just as important as the needs of the many.’ Pagan sighed, his breath a stream of mist in the chill air. What must have been going through Milliardo’s mind to make him speak as he had? There had been only the infant to witness but he must have been hurting to have spoken at all. //I suppose it is natural for him to remember at this time. He must be watched as the anniversary of the attack approaches, given he has already experienced one instance of flashback.// White lilies, Stephan’s favourites, he placed on the King’s grave, bowing his head. It had been so long and he had never expected to outlive the younger man. //My friend, I wonder if your son knows how much I miss you ? I think it no coincidence he spoke to me and to no other. I could not explain to him why you chose to act as you did. I admit, to this day, I do not understand myself what you thought you could accomplish. I try to understand but I am left with the feeling I failed you.// Stephan Peacecraft had dispatched a missive surrendering himself in exchange for preserving Sanc. A grand gesture doomed to fail. Tragically reminiscent of his daughter's gesture to Romefeller years later. They were alike, Stephan and Relena, and the boy who was now King had the fire and soul of his mother. “You were a good King and I wonder what Sanc might be like today had events transpired as you intended. Despite their acceptance of your offer they came with guns and suits and laid waste to the land. Deception and deceit. Murder and chaos. You were too trusting, my friend. We all were and he is right. We, not you alone, were fools. I will serve your children as I served you, only this time I will do better. You were a good King, your son will be a great King.” End
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